Giants interview Marc Ross for general manager position

Giants interview Marc Ross for general manager position

The New York Giants were expected to begin their search for a new general manager this week and they wasted little time in meeting said expectation. And as fate would have it, their first interview was with an internal candidate: vice president of player evaluation Marc Ross.

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The 44-year-old Ross joined the Giants in 2007 and ran his first organizational draft in 2008. Prior to taking over as the vice president of player evaluation, Ross served as the team’s director of college scouting.

Before joining the Giants, Ross held the position of national college scout for the Buffalo Bills.

In his time running the draft for the Giants, Ross has scored big with picks such as Odell Beckham Jr., Landon Collins, Justin Pugh, Sterling Shepard and, most recently, Evan Engram and Dalvin Tomlinson.

Ross has frequently been called on to interview for vacant general manager positions, with his most recent public interview coming in 2015 with the Tennessee Titans. He is also a favorite of Ernie Accorsi, who is serving as a consultant during the Giants’ interview and hiring process.

With Ross having interviewed, the Giants have satisfied the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation positions.

In addition to Ross, the Giants will interview Kevin Abrams, who took over as the team’s interim general manager following the termination of Jerry Reese. They are also expected to have interest in former Carolina Panthers general manager Dave Gettlemen, who spent 15 years with the Giants in the front office.